FA Cup: Ibrahimovic’s late winner sends United to quarter-finals

Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench to score the winner as reigning champions Manchester United beat Championship strugglers Blackburn Rovers to advance to the quarter-finals of the English FA Cup on Sunday.

Danny Graham had given the hosts the lead with a rising finish in the seventeenth minute, before Marcus Rashford equalised for the visitors by going round the goalkeeper and slotting in from Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s precise pass ten minutes later.

Ibrahimovic is now Manchester United’s joint-top scorer in all competitions since the start of last season (24 – joint with Martial), despite only joining this summer.

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From the draw on Sunday, Manchester City will now face Premier League leaders Chelsea in the quater-finals.

Below is the FA Cup quarter-final draw in full:

Chelsea v Man Utd

Middlesbrough v Huddersfield or Man City

Tottenham v Millwall

Sutton United or Arsenal v Lincoln City

Ties are to be played on the weekend of the 10-13 March.

But United will head to Saint-Etienne for the second leg of their Europa League last-32 tie on Wednesday.

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